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by korethr 12y ago
It would be really cool if such a device could also be used for harvesting solar power. Getting the power back down to earth would be tricky, though.
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by korethr 12y ago
Wouldn't using said undocumented features make it easier to emulator devs to reverse engineer and implement those features in the emulator?
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by korethr 12y ago
The specs on this look very nice indeed. I'll be taking a closer look at this. My main hesitation is the proprietary firmware. Now I'm not going to disagree with anyone arguing that Cisco knows what they're doing and is compe
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by korethr 12y ago
Have you found an OpenWRT firmware equivalent for these devices? A lack of an open-source firmware for such a switch has been one of my hangups. I'm leery of the firmware that would come with such a device, especially given the history
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by korethr 12y ago
This is rather cool, and I'm glad to see some work being done in the networking gear space utilizing open designs and firmware like this. Unfortunately, unless I find myself needing to network a datacenter in the near future, it's
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by korethr 12y ago
Of course the body has a regulation mechanism related to energy intake and usage. However, that doesn't mean that mechanism can't be overwhelmed or made to work in non-optimal ways. Yes, your body can purge itself of toxins. But d
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by korethr 12y ago
> 5. Lockpick set. While I personally don't have a problem with it, I'm pretty sure such would get you into a lot of trouble in some jurisdictions. Carrying a lockpick set everywhere with you everyday strikes me as risky.
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by korethr 12y ago
Gratipay (gittip) comes to mind, but that's a donation mechanism, rather than the information collection you're describing. Sounds like a good idea for a project. IMO, the hardest part of that will be accurately prioritizing which
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How IBM Got Brainlike Efficiency from the TrueNorth Chip(spectrum.ieee.org)
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by korethr 12y ago
Though a fictitious example, in the book Cryptonomicon, the protagonist did a similar trick to try to counter the emissions from his computer being read. I don't know how practical that would be IRL, however. I use Gentoo on my daily d
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by korethr 12y ago
I recall that being a plot point in Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. It sounded plausible enough that it didn't break my willing suspension of disbelief, but I never gave it much thought after I finished reading the book. I'm
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by korethr 12y ago
I can hear the result of this, but it's barely audible, and only near the top of the range, at bar widths thinner than the OP. I'll have to find some other monitors to test this on. It would be awesome if there were some commplace
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by korethr 12y ago
This is only tangentally related to the article, which is interesting in its own right, if a bit over my head presently. I noticed that they were using tools like git and make to manage distribution of the lab assignment and submission of t
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by korethr 12y ago
Thank you. This was the word I was looking for, but escaped me when I wrote my own commment.
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by korethr 12y ago
While that sounds like a good idea at first, I think it makes sense to have the microphones at least near the ears. The frequency content of a sound is directional, and moreso as the frequency increases. As a test, listen for a difference i
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by korethr 12y ago
This is nifty. My father has hearing loss and it's bad enough that not only does he use hearing aids, he is constantly turning them up until they feedback and start ringing. He doesn't hear the ringing, but I do, and I have some h
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by korethr 12y ago
Does Brian Krebs count? http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/the-case-for-n-koreas-rol...
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by korethr 12y ago
I recall, and this article also mentions, that TBP's operators were bragging about moving to the cloud a couple years ago, and supposedly had become raid-proof[1]. Assuming such is true, I'm curious what law-enforcement did to def
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Mysterious Statistical Law May Finally Have an Explanation(wired.com)
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The Locust Economy(ribbonfarm.com)
3 points by korethr 12y ago|0 comments
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by korethr 12y ago
And here I was, thinking that the ISO Standard Cup of Tea from the Jargon File was just a joke.
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by korethr 12y ago
While I realize that one is going to find droids in government departments like social services, the mindless robotism displayed by government agents in this case were rather disturbing. To be absolutely certain that the child is hers, they
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Eliminating the Last Reasons to not Enable ipv6(blog.cloudflare.com)
2 points by korethr 12y ago|0 comments
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by korethr 12y ago
When I was working desktop support, Blue Screen View and the Microsoft debugger turned out to be rather valuable tools when trying to find out which component or driver was causing issues. As an example, I had an issue where a buggy driver
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by korethr 12y ago
It is advancements like this that give me hope for the humanity. This isn't the same level as Geordi La Forge's visor in Star Trek: TNG, but it is in the same vein -- using technology to give senses to those born without them, a
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by korethr 13y ago
IMO, the best April 1st jokes are both good satire and well thought out enough to actually be implemented. Consider that RFC 1149 was intended as a joke, only to actually be successfully implemented years later.
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by korethr 13y ago
While I would love to see software patents go away, I don't think we'll see such happen through the courts. I think our best chance of that is through Congress. From my understanding of what the constitution says about patents, it
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by korethr 13y ago
Fair enough. I misunderstood the parent when posting that. Re-reading it and your comment, it makes more sense. That makes me curious as to just how much legacy code still exists in Vista/7/8/8.1, and where. I guess it's
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by korethr 13y ago
No they're not. Check the major version numbers. Windows 2000, 2003 and XP were build on version 5 of the NT kernel/architecture. Vista involved a major overhaul and was version 6. Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 are versions 6.1, 6.2, and 6
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by korethr 13y ago
I would add that the flatness is only a problem with the kits sold through Massdrop, which use the laser-cut acrylic case. The original source files for the Ergodox include a model for a case which can be made on a 3D printer. That model do

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